Low molecular weight thiols reduce thimerosal neurotoxicity in vitro: Modulation by proteins

Toxicology

Volumn 276, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 154-163

  Zieminska, E ^a   Toczylowska, B ^b,c   Stafiej, A ^a   Lazarewicz, J W ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOCYBERNETICS AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING   (Poland)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Glutathione; Neurons culture; NMR spectroscopy; Thimerosal

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; CYSTEINE; GLOBULIN; GLUTATHIONE; HOMOCYSTEINE; METHIONINE; THIOMERSAL; ZINC; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; THIOL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; IN VITRO STUDY; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CELL CULTURE; CEREBELLUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; NEWBORN; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TOXICITY; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOOD PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL, MITOCHONDRIAL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; THIMEROSAL;

RATTUS;

EID: 77957262510     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2010.07.023     Document Type: Article

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